Kim Nguyen, ScD is a research scientist focused on noncommunicable diseases and their modifiable behavioral factors, and is passionate about health equity. After she received her doctorate in social epidemiology with an emphasis on community-based interventions at the Harvard School of Public Health, she joined the UCSF community as a postdoc with Dr. Rena Pasick at the Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, and has conducted qualitative and epidemiological studies on disparities in health among underserved Asian and immigrant populations.

More recently, she was at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies where she helped launch the UCSF Food Industry Documents Archive, applied qualitative research methodology to understand influence of corporate determinants on children and racial/minorities’ diet and nutrition, and explored the use of emerging technologies and big data science techniques to advance the methodology of industry documents research.

She also loves exploring California and being outdoors, especially with her family, and is an avid surfer.